Jennifer Chen
UI UX Developer - NASA Astrophysics Data System
United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJennifer Chen is a UI/UX-focused software engineer with 10+ years of experience building client-facing web applications and visualizations, currently shaping the NASA Astrophysics Data System at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. She combines a strong user-centered design sensibility with hands-on front-end engineering, serving as the go-to developer for UI work and model visualizations throughout her career. Her background spans embedded systems and flight simulation software at Lockheed Martin to research-driven application development at USC’s Information Sciences Institute, giving her a rare blend of rigorous systems thinking and polished UX delivery. Jennifer holds an MS in Computer Science from USC and a BA from UT Austin, and she enjoys turning complex scientific requirements into intuitive interfaces. Known for collaborating closely with researchers, she often bridges domain expertise and production-ready UI features that accelerate scientific discovery.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Chinese
Github Skills (38)
intelligent10
face10
astrophysics10
uima10
sparql10
ads10
database10
server-side10
entity-linking9
java9
machine-learning9
codebase9
knowledge-management9
active-learning9
translators8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
shinyichen/nectar
Aug 2021 - Jul 2026
:hibiscus: Experimental server-side rendered ADS implementation
Contributions:610 pushes, 456 branches in 5 years
server-side
adsabs/nectar
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Server-side Rendered ADS Implementation 🌺
Contributions:291 reviews, 508 commits, 368 PRs in 1 year 4 months
server-side
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